Lead Forward Deployed Engineer - Migration

Snowflake

Contract type

Ongoing

Work mode

Remote

Experience

Lead / principal · Not stated

Level inferred from job title

Job description

A Lead Migrations Forward Deployed Engineer leads scoping, architecture and direction for a team embedded with customers to modernize their data and application ecosystems on the Snowflake AI Data Cloud. The role acts as a trusted technical advisor, designing and building data solutions while contributing to Snowflake's product.

At a glance

Work mode: Remote

What you'll do

Set architecture and direction for FDE teams working with specific customers to design, build, and deploy software systems, tooling, and automation supporting customer solutions on Snowflake
Build prototypes, contribute to feature development, and fix problems found in the product
Provide expert technical guidance, mentorship, and training to client teams on leveraging the Snowflake platform, including data management, analytics, AI/ML capabilities, and reporting/BI integration
Design scalable data pipelines and modern data architectures on Snowflake, ensuring data quality, integrity, and efficient processing
Analyze and optimize data models, queries, and data processing workflows for performance, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness; champion Snowflake best practices
Evaluate, recommend, and implement modern data integration tools and techniques suitable for the Snowflake ecosystem
Identify and resolve technical challenges, performance bottlenecks, and operational issues

What we're looking for

Prior experience working with customers on complex, multi-faceted projects
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field
Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills
Proficiency in programming and scripting languages such as Python, Go, Java or C++
Experience with developing AI/ML applications
Strong understanding of data modeling, data warehousing & data lake concepts, and cloud data platforms
Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a client-facing environment
Willingness to travel up to 20% of the time to collaborate with teams and stakeholders

Nice to have

Prior experience delivering complex data-driven application migrations

Your team

Migrations Forward Deployed Engineer (Migration FDE) team

FDE teams each focus on a specific customer, embedding with customers to modernize their data and application ecosystems.

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About Snowflake

Powering the era of the agentic enterprise

Snowflake is powering the era of the agentic enterprise and seeks AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work.

Key facts

Growing fast and scaling its team to help enable and accelerate growth
Every employee is expected to follow the company's confidentiality and security standards for handling sensitive data

What they value

Challenge ordinary thinking
Push the pace of innovation
Low-ego
Experimental mindset
Innate curiosity